Deputy Chairman Of Commission III Of The DPR Waits For The Restu Of The DPR Leadership To Discuss The Asset Confiscation Bill

Illustration of the DPR plenary meeting at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta. (Nailin I S-VOI)

JAKARTA - Commission III of the DPR stated that it is ready to discuss the Asset Confiscation Bill if assigned by the leadership of the DPR.

"If we are troops, we are ready, if we are included in the Special Committee (special committee) or Panja (work committee), we are ready to discuss it," said Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR Habiburokhman at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Wednesday, July 12, confiscated by Antara.

Habiburokhman, who was just appointed Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR on Tuesday, July 4, said that his party did not know the reason why the DPR leadership had not yet appointed a board equipment (AKD) in the DPR to discuss the bill on asset confiscation.

"I am in adjustment time, if assigned, we (Commission III) will carry it out," he said.

He has not been able to confirm when the discussion of the Bill on asset confiscation will begin to be rolled out in the DPR RI.

"I don't know when the trial will be, but if there is an assignment, I'm just getting ready," he said.

Previously, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, explained the reason why the DPR had not discussed the Asset Confiscation Bill, after receiving a presidential letter (Surpres) some time ago.

"The DPR is focusing on being able to complete the existing bills in their respective commissions, a maximum of two bills are completed in one year," said Puan at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, on Tuesday, July 11.

Some time ago, Puan admitted that the DPR had received a Surpres regarding the Asset Confiscation Bill. "The DPR has received the presidential decree, we will discuss it according to the mechanism," he said in Jakarta, Tuesday, May 16.

Meanwhile, the Secretary-General of the DPR, Indra Iskandar, said that the Surpres regarding the bill on asset confiscation had been sent to the DPR, which was received on Thursday, May 4, 2023.

President Joko Widodo has signed Presidential Order Number R-22/Pres/05/2023 regarding the Draft Law on asset confiscation, related to criminal acts. The Presidential Decree was sent to the DPR on Thursday, May 4, 2023.

According to the mechanism, the Surpres was reported in advance in a plenary meeting, before being brought to a meeting of the leadership and deliberation body (Bamus) of the DPR.